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The chief executive of London’s Heathrow will stand down from the job later this year, the airport announced Tuesday. No immediate reason was given for the departure of Colin Matthews from the post, which he has held since April 2008. Matthews said…

The UN’s refugee agency said Tuesday it was prepared to help evacuate some 19,000 Muslims at risk of attack from mainly Christian militias in the conflict-torn Central African Republic. “What we don’t want is to stand by and watch people being slaughtered…

A man in his twenties was arrested in the southern Swedish town of Helsingborg on Tuesday in connection with the weekend death of a football fan from head injuries, police said. The 28-year-old suspect presented himself to a police station late Monday…

More than 150,000 people have been killed in Syria since the conflict began in March 2011, a monitoring group said in a new toll released on Tuesday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said it had documented the deaths of 150,344 people, 51,212…

Australia and New Zealand on Tuesday applauded a court decision that Japan must halt its annual Antarctic whale hunt, but raised fears it could sidestep the order and begin whaling again under a new “scientific” guise. The United Nations’ Hague-based…

Greece will receive 6.3 billion euros ($8.7 billion) from its pending EU bailout fund at the end of April, Eurogroup chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem said on Tuesday. “A first tranche of 6.3 billion euros at the end of April will allow Greece to meet its debt…

Download image Marriott Becomes Largest Hotel Company in Africa   BETHESDA, Md. and CAPE TOWN, South Africa, April 1, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Marriott International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAR) today became the largest hotel company in Africa according to published…

NEW YORK, April 1, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The following statement was issued by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General…

Supervising Minister of Education, Chief Nyesom Wike has denied rumors making the rounds that he has resigned his appointment, attributing…

As preparations for the 2015 general elections gather momentum, the Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps, Brig.-Gen. Bamidele Olawunmi,…

FROM LEFT: Gov. GABRIEL SUSWAM OF BENUE; Senate President DAVID MARK; President GOODLUCK JONATHAN AND THE PDP CHAIRMAN, ALHAJI ADAMU…

Prominent Islamic cleric, Sheik (Dr) Ahmad Abubakar Mahmud Gumi has described the ongoing National Conference as futile, null and void…

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has warned the party leadership…

Ogun State Government has released N1.5 billion for the payment of gratuities to pensioners and severance package of former political…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on March 31, 2014 arraigned one Felix Amadi before Justice U.N Agomoh of…

In furtherance of the Memorandum of Understanding for cooperation between the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC and Western Australia…

31 March 2014 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has followed with keen interest the electoral process in El Salvador,…

Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has described the demise of eminent lawyer, Chief G.O.K. Ajayi as the end of…

Nigerians living in Saudi Arabia Monday urged the Federal Government to establish primary and secondary schools to cater for Nigerian…

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) today took staged a protest at the Lagos State Government secretariat, Ikeja over…